Temporary agency work and globalisation : (Record no. 28151)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2014037244
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9781472447852
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 331.25/729
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Temporary agency work and globalisation :
Subtitle beyond flexibility and inequality
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Huiyan Fu
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Farnham, Surrey ;
-- Burlington, VT :
Publisher Gower,
Date 2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 235 p. ;
Size 25 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Despite its geographic and industry expansion as part of the ongoing globalisation of service activity, temporary agency work (TAW) is relatively understudied. TAW is characterised by a distinct triangular structure where workers are typically hired by staffing or employment agencies while being 'dispatched' to firms that use them as a type of temporary or non-regular labour. This agency-mediated labour dispatching, as a newly institutionalised industry, has registered rapid growth rates over recent decades across vast swathes of the globe. To a great degree, TAW is part of a wider structural transformation of work and employment under neoliberalism. Arguably, controversy over the expanding non-regular workforce is at its most acute when it comes to unsavoury labour-selling practices. In this connection, TAW is an exemplary field in which to examine today's 'flexible' capitalism and its concomitant phenomenon, i.e. 'inequality'. Featuring holistic, interdisciplinary perspectives, this edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of TAW, in an international context. It reveals how the TAW industry is intertwined with the changing relationship between the state, corporations and labour unions at the institutional-structural level, and also the perceptions and experiences of ordinary workers in everyday practice. By combining global and local forces, macro and micro levels of analysis, and theoretical and empirical investigations, it offers fresh insights into recurring issues of labour flexibility and inequality, making practical suggestions and facilitating fruitful cross-national collaborations.
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Topical Heading Temporary employment
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Topical Heading Temporary help services
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Topical Heading Temporary employees
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Personal name Fu, Huiyan,
Role Edited by
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Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 331.25729 TE MP T0053132 70.00 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 21/12/2015 AMAUK